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APPLICATION FILED JULY 9. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Annlication filed July 9,1906. Serial No. 325,330.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS H. PFLEGHARDT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Fayette City, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toys; and its object is to provide a novel device for the amusement of children and others.

The invention consists of a ball and elastic cords or bands secured to the ball and extending from opposite sides thereof and loops at the ends of said elastic cords or bands through which the hands are to be inserted.

The invention also comprises means for securing the elastic cords or bands upon the ball.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and its novel features will be set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device as held in the hands of a user. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating by full and dotted lines the manner of using the toy. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the ball with its attached cords or bands; and Fig. 4 is a section of the ball, taken on a lIi ne at right angles to the section-line of Ihe reference-numeral 1 designates a ball, which is preferably a hollow rubber ball provided with two parallel circumferential ribs 2, said ribs forming a peripheral groove for the reception of the elastic band or cord 4, which is secured to the surface of the ball between the ribs 2 by cement or like adhesive material. To each of the ends 5 of the clasticband or cord 4 is secured an elastic band or loop 6, and to the outer end 7 of each of the bands or loo s 6 is secured an elastic loop 8, through whic the hands of the user are to be inserted, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The manner of using the toy is illustrated in Fig. 2. After the ends of the elastic cords are secured upon the hands the cords are stretched, and the effort of theplayer will be to pass the ball from one hand and catch it in the other hand, the course of the ball being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Owing to the elastic connections at each side of the ball it will be found diflicult to grasp the ball in the hand, and the effort to do so renders the device amusing and entertaining.

Other means than those shown in the drawings may be resorted to for securing the elastic band or cord upon the ball, and hence I will have it understood that the invention is not restricted to all of the details shown and described, but. includes all such modifications and detail changes as may be made without departing from the terms and scope of the claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy comprising a ball, elastic band or cord encompassing the ball, elastic connections attached to the ends of said cord or band, and elastic loops secured to the ends of said connections.

2. A toy comprising a ball, formed with a central circumferential groove, an elastic cord or band secured to the ball within said groove, elastic connections secured to the ends of said cord or band, and elastic loops at the outer ends of said connections.

8. A toy comprising a ball formed with parallel circumferential ribs, an elastic band or cord secured upon the ball between said ribs, elastic connections secured to the ends I of said cord or band, and elastic hand-loops l at the ends of said connections.

4. A toy comprising a hollow rubber ball, formed with parallel circumferential ribs, in combination with an elastic band or cord secured to the ball between said ribs, elastic connections secured to the ends of said cord or band, and elastic hand-loops secured to the outer ends of the elastic connections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS H. PFLEGHARDT.

Witnesses MAX H. SROLOVITZ,

E. E. PQTTER. 

